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June 16, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Joni Ernst’s Sick Response to Medicaid Cuts Has Tanked Her Career
When Joni Ernst quipped that “we all are going to die,” she probably wasn’t referring to her reelection prospects.
June 13, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
RFK Jr. Hands Medicaid Data to ICE as It Ramps Up War on Immigrants
The move is almost certainly illegal.
June 11, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Poll: Americans Really, Really Hate Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
A new poll found that a majority of Americans are against the bill—and that only two-thirds of Republicans like it.
June 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Rush to Suck Up to Elon Musk After New Budget Bill Threat
Republicans who backed the bill are suddenly scrambling to reject it.
June 3, 2025
Tori Otten
Joni Ernst Just Made Her Awful Response to Medicaid Cuts Even Worse
The Iowa senator doubled down on her callous remark.
May 30, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Joni Ernst Stoops to Shocking Low When Told Medicaid Cuts Will Kill
Senator Joni Ernst had a disgusting answer when confronted by a constituent at her town hall about Trump’s budget bill.
May 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Even Fox News Grilled Treasury Secretary on Budget Bill Math
Scott Bessent flailed when asked about the bill’s effect on the deficit.
May 22, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Only Two Republicans Were Brave Enough to Vote Against Medicaid Cuts
House Republicans just passed their disastrous tax bill.
May 22, 2025
Timothy Noah
House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail
Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.
May 21, 2025
Grace Segers
Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
The GOP is struggling to pass a budget bill that would threaten millions of poor Americans’ livelihoods and health care—to the benefit of the wealthy.
May 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Torched for Falling Asleep Amid Debate on Medicaid Cuts
Representative Ralph Norman apparently felt it was OK to take a little nap during the marathon budget hearing.
May 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Dem Exposes Republicans’ Sick Cuts in Trump’s Budget Bill
Representative Jim McGovern laid out the consequences of Republicans’ cuts in the Trump-backed bill.
May 21, 2025
Monica Potts
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.
May 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
It Sure Looks Like Trump Just Killed His Own Budget Bill
Donald Trump spent his morning urging Republicans to fall in line. It doesn’t seem to have worked.
May 20, 2025
Greg Sargent
JD Vance’s Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him
The veep once excoriated Republicans over deep Medicaid cuts. Where he lands today will tell us much about his character—and the true goals of Trumpism.
May 16, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Tax Bill Falls Apart as He Spirals in Wild Online Rant
Despite Donald Trump’s attempt to rally votes, Republicans could not unite behind the budget bill.
May 16, 2025
Monica Potts
Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements
This is the dilemma the Democrats face as the Republicans push to impose onerous hurdles on Medicaid in their budget bill.
May 15, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
“We’re Cooked”: Republicans Are About to Tank Their Own Budget
House Republicans are freaking out about their own budget bill.
May 14, 2025
Greg Sargent
Mike Johnson Just Wrecked Trump’s Ugly “Working-Class GOP” Scam
Donald Trump talked a good game about raising taxes on the rich. Guess who benefits from a provision buried deep within the new GOP bill?
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
AOC Tears Apart Republican “Math” on Medicaid Cuts
In just one minute, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed Republicans’ lies on Medicaid—and their plans to make health insurance worse for everyone.
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